Plus:
*Shell responds to activist letter: increased profits not directly tied to Iraq war
*Iraq oil official confirms $2.5B for two-year deals with Big Oil
*Iraq oil, 5 years later
*Iraq Oil Ministry officials in New Orleans to observe MMS sale
*Iraq museum won’t open when repaired; smuggling artifacts funds insurgency
*Much, much more…
Gen. David Petraeus is calling on “large Western corporations” to invest in Iraq’s energy sector as Iraq looks outside to boost oil, gas and power productio…
Published
March 17, 2008,
8:35 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraq oil fuels insurgency, funds militias, corruption
*Baiji refinery power outage; Najaf refinery doubled
*Iraq 5 years after invasion
*Baghdad ballet school open
*Basra development board meets in Kuwait
*Winter Soldier
Iraq’s oil law debate is political, not technical, a top U.S. official said, adding Iraq has tagged billions of dollars to boost oil production regardless, Ben Lando reports for United Press International.
Charles Ries, U.S. State Department minister for economic affair…
Published
March 13, 2008,
4:43 pm in
Security
Plus:
*Doubts linger in Big Oil’s mind over signing time for new deals
*Top energy adviser to Maliki assures the terms are good enough
*Iraq cuts Basra crude price to European buyers
*KBR finishes Persian Gulf platform work
*Much more…
Basra is the key to Iraq — a major city and source of oil, plus where most of trade in and out of the country flows. It’s ports need major work to be modernized as strong storms keep out oil tankers, for example (though the ministry of transportation could all…
Published
March 11, 2008,
6:20 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Iraq Oil Minister confirms crude for cash, int’l agreement may prevent it
*Fire stops Kirkuk flow to Turkey
*Ministry confirms China oil talks
*Oil vs. Electricity ministries
*Oil ready for Jordan, ambassador blames scared contractors
*KBR keeps taking hits
*Much, much more…
Iraq is improving its anti-theft operations guarding oil and fuel from the black market, but an international audit highlights more work to be done, Ben Lando reports for United Press International.
A report by i…
Published
March 11, 2008,
8:55 am in
Oil
Plus:
*Oil Minister Shahristani bridges ties with Turkey, dismisses Kurdish deals again
*Shahristani said high court can decide who is right
*IMF official: transparency improved, all oil funds still unaccounted for
*Talabani in Turkey, denounces PKK, tells Ankara it must talk to Barzanis
*Unofficial meeting set in Baghdad
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much more…
With or without a new oil law, Iraq will sign deals with international oil companies aimed at boosting production, the top Oil Ministry spoke…
Published
March 7, 2008,
5:56 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*KBR, owner of 2002 rebuild Iraq oil deal, shirks patriotic duty to pay taxes
*Gulf Keystone, partners, start KRG seismic
*Women’s Day in Iraq
*Iraq’s Three Civil Wars
*Iraq assessment to be kept private
*U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Crocker to resign
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants U.S. auditors to investigate the Iraqi government’s spending on reconstruction as both U.S. and Iraqi funds in the rebuilding effort came under fire on Capitol Hill this week, Ben Lando re…
Published
March 6, 2008,
7:14 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*China-Iraq oil deals make progress
*Shahristani doubles today’s production for two-year goal
*Shahristani in Ankara for gas talks
*Wind power for water
*The Future of Kirkuk
*The Iraq Press Roundup
Iraq will wind up negotiations with five Big Oil firms later this month on key fields and soon announce the firms that qualify for an upcoming bidding round. Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad also confirmed to United Press International’s Ben Lando via phone the country’s Council of Ministers…
Published
March 4, 2008,
6:32 pm in
Oil
Plus:
*Dana Gas ready to feed northern Iraq gas to Kurdish power plants
*Price of Baghdad black market fuel drops
*Iran-Iraq energy dealings during Ahmadinejad’s visit
*Spring is coming, but air conditioning is not
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Inside Iraqi Politics
Ireland’s Petrel Resources expects a production-sharing agreement for a deal it signed with Saddam Hussein for a block in Iraq’s western desert, United Press International reports. David Horgan, managing director of Petrel Resources, said …
Published
February 28, 2008,
5:51 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Iraqi Kurds, Iraqi Arabs, Washington and Ankara square up over the Turkish invasion into northern Iraq
*Kirkuk pipeline to Turkey stops
*Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq challenged in southern provincial strongholds
*Iraq Press Roundup
*Much, much more…
Iraq’s draft oil law is stalled in Parliament, the national government and Kurdistan Regional Government are moving forward with their own deals — unconstitutional, the each says of the other — and Iraq’s oil production is stalled at j…
Published
February 26, 2008,
6:01 pm in
Politics
Plus:
*Latest on the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
*Iraq oil experts meet in Paris
*Electricity workers, ministry agree to talk after sit-ins
*The Iraq Press Roundup
*Much, much more…
(Editor’s Note: Apologies to Iraq Oil Report’s subscribers who have received messages in triplicate over the past two days. IOR has resolved a problem with the host and this isn’t expected again. Thanks for your understanding.)
Iraq, Turkey and the United States will hold talks on energy issues Mar…
